Tuesday 13 October 1936

It was Tuesday, under the sign of Libra. The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic).
The Charge of the Light Brigade, directed by Michael Curtiz, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1936
But much more happened that day: find out below..

Jim McMullan in Long Beach: New York, USA; actor, starred in hundreds of films and TV shows. Films include The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Downhill Racer and The Assassination. Guest actor on McGyver, Doogie Howser, The Six Millon Dollar Man, Hart to Hart, The A-Team, 9 to 5 and Bay Watch.

Books

Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel.Widely

Written by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana. As Santayana explained in the prologue, "in Oliver puritanism worked itself out to its logical end. He convinced himself, on puritan grounds, that it was wrong to be a puritan."

As the war rages through the Mohawk Valley, newlyweds Gilbert and Lana Martin must arm themselves with knife and musket and face a powerful alliance of green-coated Tories, British regulars, and the Iroquois.